Z-MAN - SWIMMIN' TROUT TRICK 3.5" x 6PCS SOFT LURE SOFT BAIT

Z-Man Swimmin' Trout Trick 3.5" x 6Pcs Soft Lure Soft Bait

The Swimmin' Trout Trick takes the ribbed body of Z-Man's Trout Trick and adds a curved paddle tail, producing a compact swimbait that moves at speeds most paddle tails will not work at. The ribbing displaces water and gives the slim body a live, segmented feel; the curved paddle rolls the bait rather than beating it, so the action stays subtle instead of overpowering the small profile. Z-Man says the combination draws bites not only from seatrout but from redfish, flounder, snook, small tarpon, stripers and bass, in both fresh and salt water. Z-Man rates the ElaZtech construction at 10X the durability of ordinary soft plastic and rates the material as buoyant, so the bait rides slightly nose-down and tail-up on a light head instead of dragging flat on the bottom. Supplied 3.5" long, six per pack, in sixteen colours.

Key Features

• Ribbed Trout Trick body for water displacement and a lifelike feel
• Curved paddle tail that swims with a rolling, undulating action at low speeds
• Compact 3.5" profile suited to finesse and light-tackle work
• ElaZtech, rated by Z-Man at 10X tougher than ordinary soft plastic
• Buoyant material keeps the tail up off the bottom on the pause
• Rigs on light jig heads, finesse jig heads or weighted swimbait hooks
• Built for inshore saltwater but equally at home in fresh water
• 3.5" body, 6 per pack, sixteen colours

How To Fish It

• Slow swim on a light jig head — Use a 1/8–1/4 oz head, let it settle, then wind just fast enough to feel the tail roll. Keep the rod tip low and the retrieve constant across grass flats and sand holes.
• Lift and drop — Raise the rod to 10 o'clock, then let the bait fall back on a semi-slack line. Most bites come on the drop, so watch where the line enters the water.
• Finesse swimbait on light gear — On a 2–5 g head this is a light-game bait: cast to structure, count down, and swim it back with occasional short pauses for rockfish and small predators.
• Weedless over cover — Rig on a weighted swimbait hook and swim it over weed, oyster bars and mangrove roots where an exposed hook would foul.

Target Species By Region

• Southeast Asia — Barramundi (siakap) and mangrove jack around jetty lights, drains and river mouths; hampala barb (sebarau) in reservoirs and rivers; small grouper, trevally and queenfish off rock walls and flats.
• North America — Speckled trout, redfish, flounder and snook on grass flats and marsh edges; largemouth and smallmouth bass on a finesse head; crappie and white bass on the lightest heads.
• Japan & East Asia — Rockfish (mebaru, kasago) and aji on light game and ajing tackle, small seabass (suzuki) from harbour walls, and flathead or small hirame from sandy beaches.
• Australia, Middle East & Europe — Flathead, bream and whiting in estuaries, Australian bass in creeks; perch and zander in European lakes and canals; small queenfish and grouper on Gulf flats.

Specifications

Colours: Rootbeer Chartreuse, Bad Shad, Opening Night, Redbone, Pearl Blue Glimmer, Mood Ring, Ralphs Shad, Sexy Mullet, Fried Chicken, Shrimp Po Boy, Green Lantern, Festivus, Margarita Lime Chicken, Pumpkin Chartreuse, Plum Chartreuse, Strawberry White.

Store ElaZtech away from ordinary PVC plastics — the two react in contact.

Recommended Pairing

• Jig head: 1/16–1/4 oz (2–7 g); light finesse or inshore heads suit the 3.5" body best
• Weighted swimbait hook 2/0–3/0 for weedless presentations over grass and oyster
• Light to medium-light spinning rod, 8–15 lb braid
• Leader: 10–20 lb fluorocarbon; step up around pilings and oyster, wire trace for toothy species